How do mental hospitals deal with suicidal patients?

Let’s say a 17 year old boy was taken into a mental hospital as he had depression and suspected Scitzophrenia. He was taken from a home where he got abused emotionally and sometimes physically.

In this hypothetical situation he refuses to care for himself. He doesn’t shower without the nurses having to do it for him, he stays in his bed all day and he also refuses to eat or drink, he doesn’t talk to any of the nurses and doesn’t even acknowledge that they are there. How will the nurses/doctors get him to eat and drink? How will they deal with the whole situation of him not being responsive?

Later on during his stay he was found punching the wall in his room and banging his head against it until he was bleeding. What would they do to stop him and calm him down?

The patient still isn’t communicating with them after the wall incident and a week later he tries to kill himself by biting his tongue.

How would the hospital deal with this whole situation? What would they do for the patient? How would they solve the three issues that have risen?

2 Responses to “How do mental hospitals deal with suicidal patients?”

they would restrain you and put a cloth in your mouth then send counselors to talk to you.

When i was younger i thought the same thing, but i decided to hold on and see what would come, i wasn’t disappointed. You can deal with it, sulking won’t fix anything. Life is so amazing and beautiful; the joys completely outweigh the sorrows as i have learned. Don’t you want to experience true happiness? Fall in love? Have a family? There is no better feeling then holding your child in your arms for the first time, it’s completely worth it and makes all your other troubles seem like nothing. You just need to have courage. Please, just try, be a good person and everything will work out for you. There’s always a light at the end of the tunnel, you just have to charge through the darkness to get to it.

You need to get your mind off it. Exercise is the best way, especially sports like karate or boxing that will toughen you up as a bonus. Else try video games or rock climbing or w/e. speak to a counselor, and talk to your family about this, talking makes everything better. Only a real human recognizes when they need help. What I always do when I’m sad is watch vine or cat videos and such, or read mike Tyson quotes. The past is the past, wondering about it accomplishes nothing. It’s the future that’s important. Focus on the present. You’ll never get anywhere in life if you care about what randoms say about you; you need to ignore all hater. You need to stay strong and slam on, that’s the ticket to success. If I got over my suicidal depression then you sure as hell can get over your problems.

You’re not a waste of space, everyone is special, and everyone has the potential for greatness, just like you. Stop sulking over problems, that does nothing. No one ever got anywhere by crying about it. Use your humility earned from suffering to be a better person. You are very lucky, you know what pain is, and you know how to avoid it. Looks are meaningless and can be changed with surgery or exercise, a good heart is what matters. Once you have that, you’ll need nothing else. You’re just a person- everyone is just a person, yet many have done incredible things and lived incredible lives. You could be next, you just need to believe, and then achieve. All you need in life to succeed is willpower. If you don’t like yourself, CHANGE yourself. If you want something, TAKE it. Everyone is born with a unique range of talents different from others; you just need to find them and use them to achieve greatness. Ignore all haters; let nothing stand in your way, just like heroes of yore. If you want a purpose in life, try helping others for a change. Lots of people are suffering in the world- and you have the power to help them it’s expected if you’re religious. If you do good in the world, then everything will work out for you. Consider lions club international which is a great club where you get to not only help others out, but also meet new friends and potential lovers. It’s great in every way. Or you could even join the police. Don’t be a random good for nothing anybody like everyone else. Be different, be superior. Don’t let evil win.

Remember that killing yourself is a selfish coward’s act, and you’ll go to hell for it. So many people are suffering in the world, are you just going to ignore them, and kill yourself? Are you so evil you don’t care about the suffering of others? What about your family and friends? Have some balls man. Or are you a little coward?

You think you have it rough? There are people with infinitely greater problems, take a look at these types of videos, they’re guaranteed to cheer you up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4HGQHgeFE , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIK7y66JNYw if they’re missing limbs yet still get by in life, then you sure as hell can to! Cherish what you have. Most people don’t. As a last resort you could convert to religion, it usually helps. Priests do everything in their power to help others; you’d be among good selfless people who would only want the best for you in Christianity.

Don’t give up ,life is so beautiful, so full of love and joy and purity, you just have to fight for it first. You are human, you are precious, you are beautiful, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

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